Program

Seligkeit ............................................................................................................................................ Franz Schubert

(1797-1828)
Stephanie Foster 18, soprano
Patrice Newman, piano
An die musik ................................................................................................................................... Franz Schubert

Molly Brown 18, soprano
Patrice Newman, piano
Abendempfindung ............................................................................................................... Wolfgang A. Mozart
(1756-1791)

Widmung .................................................................................................................................... Robert Schumann
(1810-1856)

Zueignung ....................................................................................................................................... Richard Strauss
(1864-1949)
Jurate vedaite Waller, soprano
Patrice Newman, piano

Ave Maria ........................................................................................................................................ Franz Schubert

Litanei ............................................................................................................................................... Franz Schubert

Maksim Ivanov Zhdanovskikh, baritone
Patrice Newman, piano

Mass No. 2 in G Major, D. 167 .................................................................................................. Franz Schubert

I. Kyrie
II. Gloria in excelsis Deo
III. Credo in unum Deum
IV. Sanctus
V. Benedictus
VI. Agnus Dei

Camel Heard
Wendy Moy, conductor
Patrice Newman, piano
Gene Stenger, tenor
Jurate vedaite Waller, soprano
Maksim Ivanov Zhdanovskikh, baritone

Reception following in Blaustein.

Soprano
Molly Brown 18
Stephanie Foster 18

CAMEL HEARD PERSONNEL

Alto
Tenor
Bass
Camille Iorio 19
Sam Girioni 19
Gerard Lanzano 17
Dara Feldman 18
Christian Vazquez 19 Justin Winokur 18
Rachel Glasser 19

Connor Wu 17

BIOS

Praised for effortlessly mastering the many coloratura embellishments in his
arias (Bergstrsser Anzeiger), and his sweet vibrancy (Cleveland Plain Dealer), tenor
Gene Stenger has received both national and international acclaim for his singing. A
specialist in the oratorio repertoire of J.S. Bach, and G.F. Handel, Gene sings with elegant
conviction, and effortless ability, primarily in his high register.

Mr. Stenger recently completed an international tour in England with the Yale
Schola Cantorum, and Juilliard 415 Ensemble as the tenor soloist in Beethovens Mass in C
Major, under the baton of David Hill. Genes performance as the tenor soloist included a live
international radio broadcast on BBC 3 Radio. Additional recent solo oratorio engagements
include the role of the Evangelist, and tenor arias in the complete work of J.S. Bachs
Christmas Oratorio with Colorado Bach Ensemble, the tenor soloist in Handels Messiah
with the Handel Society of Dartmouth College, and the title role of Judas Maccabeus in
Handels Judas Maccabeus with the Yale Schola Cantorum directed by David Hill, which was
featured on PBSs program, Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly.

Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, Gene is a recent graduate of Yale Universitys School
of Music and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music program, where he studied with renowned
tenor James Taylor, and completed a second M.M. degree in Early Music, Oratorio, and
Chamber Ensemble. He also holds a M.M. degree in Voice Performance (Opera) from
Colorado State University, and a B.M. degree in Voice Performance from Baldwin Wallace
University Conservatory of Music.
Possessing a vocal artistry and stage presence capable of "transfixing audiences
with moments of opera magic," Lithuanian soprano Jurate vedaite has performed
throughout Europe and the United States.
Performance have been with the Lithuanian National Chamber Orchestra, the
European Baroque Festival Opera, Connecticut Lyric Opera, Kaunas Chamber Orchestra,
Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, the Lithuanian National Ensemble "Lietuva," and
Mystic River Chorale, among others, in venues as varied as Carnegie Hall, the Lithuanian
Philharmonic and Foxwoods Resort and Casino.
Highlights of Ms. vedaite's 2010-2011 season include starring as Tosca with
Connecticut Lyric Opera, a series of New Year's Concerts with the Connecticut Virtuosi
Chamber Orchestra and Szymanowski's Stabat Mater with the Paderewski Chorus. Her
previous roles include Violetta in La Traviata, Mimi in La Bohme, Contessa in Le Nozze di


Figaro, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Pamina in Die Zauberflte, Marguerite in Faust,
Tatyana in Eugene Onegin, Nedda in Pagliacci, Micaela in Carmen, Adina in L'Elisir d'Amore,
Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, the title role in Floyd's Susannah and Mother in Amahl and the
Night Visitors. An active performer of sacred works and oratorios as well, her credits
include Monteverdi's and Vivaldi's Magnificats; Bach's Mass in B minor, Christmas Oratorio,
Coffe and Peasant Cantatas as well as numerous sacred cantatas; Mozart's Requiem,
Exsultate Jubilate, Solemn Vespers and Missa Brevis; Pergolessi's Stabat Mater, Brahm's Ein
Deutsches Requiem and Faure's Requiem.
The granddaughter of one of Lithuania's most revered composers and arrangers of
traditional music, Jonas vedas, she began performing at an early age and made her
recording debut at the age of twelve; also at that time, she hosted several programs for
children on national television. Ms. vedaite later attended the Lithuanian Music Academy
where she earned bachelor's and master's degrees and degrees in opera performance and
vocal instruction.
Baritone Maksim Ivanov Zhdanovskikh has appeared with the Metropolitan
Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Opera Providence, Mississippi
Opera, Opera of New Jersey, Opera Theater of Connecticut, Salt Marsh Opera of Rhode
Island, Connecticut Lyric Opera, Ash-Lawn Festival, Sanibel Music Festival, Music Academy
of the West and others.

His repertoire includes over a dozen roles including Marcello and Shaunard in "La
Boheme," Count Almaviva in "The Marriage of Figaro," Figaro in "Barber of Seville,"
Escamillo in "Carmen," Ford in "Falstaff," Sharpless in "Madama Butterfly" and Eugene
Onegin among many others.

In concert Mr. Ivanov performed with with the Hartford Symphony, Eastern
Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, the Wallingford Symphony, Norwalk Symphony,
Manchester Symphony, Manhattan Philharmonia Orchestra, Polish Classical Orchestra of
Pila, Connecticut Virtuosi Orchestra and at the Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center for the Arts
in New York City.

He was a winner in a number of national and international vocal competitions
including those held by Metropolitan Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, Connecticut Opera Guild,
Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation, Gerda Lissner Foundaiton, Liderkranz Opera of New
York, Shubert Theater and many others.

Dr. Ivanov holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the State University of New
York at Stony Brook, Master of Music degree from Yale University and the Manhattan
School of Music, and the Bachelor of Arts in Music from the University of Pennsylvania.
He is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Music at Connecticut College in New London.

Conductor Wendy K. Moy is the Director of Choral Activities and Music Education
at Connecticut College and Co-Artistic Director of Chorosynthesis Singers, a professional
project choir based in Seattle, WA. Active as a clinician and guest conductor, she serves on


the Connecticut American Choral Directors Association Board and is also the President/Co-
founder of Chorosynthesis, a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to transform
the culture of American choral music through the tenets of collaboration, sustainability,
innovation, and excellence. Wendy is proud to be singing her first season with the
professional choir, CONCORA. Wendy holds a BA in Music Education from Seattle Pacific
University, a MME from Westminster Choir College, and a DMA in Choral Conducting from
the University of Washington.
Pianist Patrice Newman collaborates frequently in chamber music and art song.
She has performed in concerts in the New York area including the Riverside Church,
Hudson Highlands Music Festival, Peconic Chamber Orchestra, and in a Weill Recital Hall
chamber music debut as a winner of the Artists International competition. Her recent CDs
include Lukas Foss "The Prairie" and Dominick Argentos "Jonah and the Whale" with the
Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) and The Providence Singers. In New York, she
also performed frequently with the Composers Circle and Friends and Enemies of New
Music. Patrice holds degrees from the Hartt School/University of Hartford and Boston
University, where she won the Piano Performance Award, and also studied at the American
Conservatory at Fontainebleau, France, the Schubert Institute in Baden bei Wien, Austria,
and in New York with pianist Grant Johannesen. She worked as a collaborative pianist at
the Mannes College of Music. Patrice is also a founding artistic director of Chamber Music
Mystic, a summer chamber music festival in Mystic, CT.

Acknowledgements and Special Thanks
John Anthony & Dale Wilson-Music Department Co-Chairs
Jurate Svedaite Waller, Samantha Talmadge, Maksim Ivanov, Voice Faculty
Nancy Zuelch-Music Department Administrative Assistant
Connecticut College Sound, Lighting, and Recording Departments
Whitehall Foundation

About the Music Department
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departments in the United States. Our curriculum is modeled on the best features of a
music conservatory, but we are small enough to offer personal attention.
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